document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=257967>Question 257967</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A bicyclist and a hiker leave the same place at the same time and travel in the same direction. The bicyclist travels three times as fast as the hiker. At the end of 3 hr they are 24 miles apart.  How fast does the hiker travel? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "3h=x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3*(3h)=x+24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h=4 mph for the hiker<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b=12 mph for the biker<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "3*4=12 hiker traveled 12 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3*12=36 biker traveled 36 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "36-12=24 difference 24 miles<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ok<BR>\n" );
document.write( "NB in one hour the biker travels the same distance the hiker travels in 3 hours.<BR>\n" );
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